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The River, the Plain, and the State - An Environmental Drama in Northern Song China, 1048-1128 (Paperback) Loot Price: R971
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The River, the Plain, and the State - An Environmental Drama in Northern Song China, 1048-1128 (Paperback): Ling Zhang

The River, the Plain, and the State - An Environmental Drama in Northern Song China, 1048-1128 (Paperback)

Ling Zhang

Series: Studies in Environment and History

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On July 19, 1048, the Yellow River breached its banks, drastically changing its course across the Hebei Plain and turning it into a delta where the river sought a path out to the ocean. This dramatic shift of forces in the natural world resulted from political deliberation and hydraulic engineering of the imperial state of the Northern Song Dynasty. It created eighty years of social suffering, economic downturn, political upheaval, and environmental changes, which reshaped the medieval North China Plain and challenged the state. Ling Zhang deftly applies textual analysis, theoretical provocation, and modern scientific data in her gripping analysis of how these momentous events altered China's physical and political landscapes and how its human communities adapted and survived. In so doing, she opens up an exciting new field of research by wedding environmental, political, economic, and social history in her examination of one of North China's most significant environmental changes.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Studies in Environment and History
Release date: March 2019
Authors: Ling Zhang
Dimensions: 280 x 150 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 978-1-316-60969-9
Categories: Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > History of engineering & technology
Books > Humanities > History > World history > General
Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > History > World history > General
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LSN: 1-316-60969-3
Barcode: 9781316609699

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